Artificial Intelligence today is being applied to many societal challenging problems, yet, while environment is the domain most urgently in need of fresh, creative, interdisciplinary ideas and solutions, AI currently does not have a big contribution. With the availability of big environmental data coming from sensors, images, genomics, and crowdsourcing, the environmental challenges are ripe for AI approaches. The state of Illinois, spanning rural/agricultural and urban environments, with shared natural resources and being part of the global environment, is a complex system with unique challenges. This workshop will bring AI and environmental researchers, as well as business, non-profit, and government stakeholders and policymakers together to create a community to develop AI approaches to address pressing environmental issues and to create deployable solutions and actionable policy in the state of Illinois.
Organizers:
Looking forward to seeing you in December,
Tanya Berger-Wolf (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Eric Schauber (Illinois Natural History Survey)
Thomas Theis (University of Illinois at Chicago)
